Evaluative studies using the Strengthening Families Program™ have shown the following:

Significant reductions in tobacco, alcohol, and drug initiation and use among the older children of drug abusers and in initiation and drug use among the parents;

Decreased use and intention to use alcohol, tobacco, and drugs;

Better and stronger protective factors in youths, in particular social and life skills, resistance to peer pressure and improved communication;

Better parent-child relationships and family cohesion, communication and organization;

Improved parenting skills concerning, for example, parental supervision, effective consequences rather than extreme punishments, greater consistency including family customs, and closer bonds between parents and their children;